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Title
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The Birdnester
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Actual Title
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?The boy?
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Artist
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Thomas Gainsborough
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First Exhibited Date
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1785
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Type
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oil on canvas
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Size (HxW, mm)
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685 x 492
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Current Exhibition Location
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Private collection
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Lent By
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S. Sandars, Esq.
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Catalog Number
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120
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Catalog Page
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17
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Catalog Description
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A beautiful picture of a child who thinks and feels more than he can say. There is a look in his eyes which shows that conscience is troublesome after thoughtlessness; for "Evil is wrough by want of thought As well as want of heart." --T. Hood.
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Curators Notes
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Option is painting of a boy from private collection; more details?
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Alt-Text
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A barefoot child in tattered clothes stands outside, holding a small dog in one arm and a red jug in the other, with a natural landscape and cloudy sky in the background.
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status
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R.A.
